English

forefield

From fore- + field.

Formed from fore- + field

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Today it means

noun The nearest part of a field (as of view or of combat).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / forefield